Prayers and Meditations — §403
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 403 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْ أَثْبِتْ يا إِلهِي عَبْدَكَ الَّذِيْ آمَنَ بِكَ عَلَى نُصْرَةِ أَمْرِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْهُ فِي كَنَفِ حِفْظِكَ وَحِمايَتِكَ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحَاكِمُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Make steadfast Thou, O my God, Thy servant who hath believed in Thee to help Thy Cause, and keep him safe from all dangers in the stronghold of Thy care and Thy protection, both in this life and in the life which is to come. Thou, verily, rulest as Thou pleasest. No God is there save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: canst thou vindicategleaningsGWB §322: fixed starkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: fully demonstratedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: been demonstratedthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: writ and recordedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Godhoodfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §388: The tie of servitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: a servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: protectgleaningsGWB §372: that believeth in Me, and is faithful to My Causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Thy peacetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: worthy of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: they have helpedfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §495: aidingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: render Us any assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: undisputed ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §711: no earthly thing whatsoeverkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: I am commandedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
SE expanded to “keep him safe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: protect theegleaningsGWB §540: safeguardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy caretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: fanaticismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy secret Sanctuaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: decencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of Thy defensewill-and-testamentW&T §1: Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §1: preserved
SE rendered حِفْظِكَ (ḥifẓik), وَحِمايَتِكَ (waḥimáyatik), الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولى (wálʾúlى) as “care, protection, this life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: anothergleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: that knoweth no endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: restthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the endgleaningsGWB §257: or of the future
This form usually rendered as “world”, “primal”, “first” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: earliestfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §451: familykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: In the early daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O Source of my beingthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Letters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: lawgleaningsGWB §439: the wise and learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the letter of the law of the Gospelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §443: the Supreme Rulertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My willgleaningsGWB §536: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: whatsoever He desirethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardonfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §552: remissionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: revealedst Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: , thefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §117: His favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: loving kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: that Thou wilt bountifully deal with metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
